Meat-slicing machine.



C. LESQUIER. MEAT SLlCING MACHINE.

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Patented Dec. 10, 1918.

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CHARLES LESQUIER, 0F UNION, NEW JERSEY.

MEAT-SLICING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 10, 1918.

Application led June 4, 1918. Serial N o. 238,204. Y

Y 10 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CHARLES LnsQUrnn, asubject of the Emperor of Austria, residing at Union, in the county ofUnion and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and usefulVImprovements in Meat-Slicing Machines; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be aL full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form apart of this specification.

. This invention relates to new and useful improvements in meat slicingmachines and consists essentially in the provision of an apparatus ofthis nature, so arranged that the knife may be detachably yconnected toa rotatable plate, thereby appreciably lengthening the usefulness of themachine.

The present invention consists of various details of construction,combinations and arrangements of parts which will be hereinafter fullydescribed, shown in the accom` panying drawings and then specificallydefined in the appended claim.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings which, with theletters of reference marked thereon, form a part of this specificationand in which:

Figure l is a perspective view partially in section through my improvedmeat slicing machine, and

Fig. 2 is a cross sectional view centrally and vertically through theapparatus.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letters Adesignates the frame of the machine in which the vertically disposeddriving shaft B is journaled in suitable bearings and having keyedthereto a beveled pinion C meshing with a similar pinion D keyed to thecounter shaft E also journaled in the frame, and to which a drivingwheel F is fastened. To the upper end of the shaft B is a circular plateH, upon which a plate H is supported, which latter is supported with arecess I, formed in its upper surface, the walls of the surface beingprovided with notches K at intervals. Said plate I-I is provided with acentral aperture Laadapted to receive the upper end of the shaft B uponwhich it is fastened. The cutter knife, designated by letter R, is ofcircular outline and is provided with a series of lugs T conforming toand adapted to engage the several notches K formed in the wall of therecessed portion of the plate. The bottom of each notch and each lug Tare provided with threaded apertures, as shown in the drawings, and areadapted to receive the screws S, whereby the knife may be held securelyto the plate in the manner disclosed.

When the knife is secured to the plate, V

it will be noted that its outer beveled edge will overhang the marginaledge of the plate beneath, and in the event of the knife being worndown, by being sharpened frequently, the knife maybe removed and anotherinserted in its place, thereby appreciably lengthening the life of themachine and reducing to a minimum the upkeep thereof.

What I claim to be new is:

A meat slicing machine, comprising a frame, a vertically rotatable shaftmounted therein, a disk having a central boss with a socket in its undersurface receiving the upper end of said shaft to which it is keyed, aplate resting upon and secured to said disk, and having a centralopening through which said boss passes, the upper surface of said platebeing recessed, and its outer circumferential edge inclined, the uppermarginal edge of the plate being provided at intervals with notches, acutter knife resting upon the upper edge of said flange and secured tothe plate, and having downwardly extending lugs engaging said notches,said knife having a beveled edge Hush with the beveled circumference ofsaid plate to which it is secured.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

CHARLES LESQUIER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patenti, Washington, D. G.

